Peter Higgs Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“I don't regard television as the outside world. I regard it as an artefact.”

“I was already, I think, at the age of 18, showing signs of being incompetent in the lab.”

“The first interview I gave to the press was in 1987 when some people thought a previous machine at Cern, called LEP, might have enough energy to produce the particle.”

“The point came when people were doing things I didn't feel competent to do myself. I'm not being modest; I honestly get lost. I was lucky in spotting what I did when I did, but there comes a point where you realise what you're doing is not going to be much good.”